The South County Stallions will take on the West Potomac Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. South County is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
South County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They took down West Springfield 53-36. Given the Stallions' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th in Virginia, while the Spartans are ranked 115th in Virginia), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hayfield typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday West Potomac proved too difficult a challenge. They managed a 47-42 win over the Hawks. The victory continues a trend for the Wolverines in their matchups with the Hawks: they've now won six in a row.
South County better keep an eye on Olivia Jones. She was instrumental in West Potomac's win, putting up 18 points and eight steals. Those eight steals gave Jones a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jill Humphreys, who posted 12 points.
South County's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points over those games. As for West Potomac, their victory bumped their record up to 23-3.
South County came out on top in a nail-biter against West Potomac when the teams last played on Thursday, sneaking past 51-49. Will South County repeat their success, or does West Potomac have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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